Tongue-support for disk harrows.



No. 890,959 1 PATENTED JUNE is, 190.3.

' L. A. .BUGKLEY a; E- w. STEVENSON TONGUE SUPPORT EOR DI SK HARROWS;

APPLIQAJRIOALELLED'IJUNB 1a.190e.

lowing is-a specification. a In disk barrows and-similar implements, 10I I snrenoon the forward end 'of the to -consnderab-le sideto sidemovement which is v first the, tongue so that-all downward ressm'wi'ifonthe draft is -ob%- 2 permit the draft animals to.

- parts Of the devic NI D STATES PATENT oFFIon.

L TH R A. BUCKLEY A'f-i'D EvERITTEw.

STEVENSON, or MITcHELLvILLh, IOWA. Y

TQNGUE-SUPPORT FOR DISK HARROWS.

are. 90,959.

Specification 0! Letters Patent.

Patentedfl'une 16, 1908.

Application filed mm 18,1806. Serial No. 322,644.

I To (1 14mm it concern: Be it known that we, LU'rrmR IL-BUOKLEY andEvnmr'm W. STEVENSON, citizens of the United States resifii v atMitch'ellville, in the county of Polk-an d invented a certain newand-useful To e- Support for-Disk H'arrows of which. the -folthere is'attimes very great. downward presv objectionable. p

in object is'to provide'awheel support for the tongue designed tosupport the tongue in different positions oi verticaladjustment; sothatit may be held at any angle desired;-

Via-fie t a easily the im .lement from side to side ontotum'aronnd thand @fnrther, to: rovide means whereby the tenguemay he 01d, rigidsot'hatthe draft animals may;- reedily move the im lement bi okwa'rdlr Hv ffi-A further object is-to fiovide a device in the nature of anattachment that may 'be quickly and easily attached to the tongue of-:130

a farm implement or the like, and which is complete n itself, and.is-'provided with means wherebgfthe tongue-to which it' is attached maye'z-raised or lowered, and the; forward to esec'tion attached. "to itmay a direct lineof'draft' 'hetweenthe forward h t -end et sf th impleO'ur invention'consists inthe construction,

arrangement combination'of. thevariousained,ja:s hereina er moretemplatedsre mted out in our claims fully setfo'rth,

Figure 1 shows a plan view of the forward portion of the rear 'tonguesection' :md the rear portion of the forward to e section and-ourimproved tongue supporting and adjusting device-connected therewith. Fi2 shows a side elevation 'of the same, and ig.

3 shows an enlar ed detail, sectional view on the line 3-3 of ig. 2,

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

" we have used the reference numeral to *indicate the rear tonguesection which is.

a State of'lowa, have" 'tens'ible spr the rod and lfi efcorncrs in shortspace,

having thewhee .fol'wardtlfi also be raise ,orlowered', and in whichthere e, whereby the ob 'ects conlustrated in th V other implement. Atits forward end are two plates IIProj-ectihg beyond the rear t0ngl1e6Ci1if0I1 and formed" with vertical 0 enings, for .p I oses hereinaftermade ,c ear. On the er plate isa lug-12 to which a lever-13 is pivoted,said leverbe' extended upwardly through slots in loot plates in front ofthe forward end of the rear tOnguesection. A link 14 is attached to thetop of the lever 13 and exten led rearwardly. .Pivoted to its rear endis a rod 1-5 connected preferablynx'ed firmly to a; disk harrow orwithin; foot lever 16 and on the rod is aii'ex- 17 to engage a. collar18 on 19 on the rear tongue section' and normzilly holding the foottre'adle, the rod and the lever 13 to their rearward limit. fSai'd foottreadle is placed in such .gglsition as to. be readily accessible tothe-75 'ver so that it. and thelever ,13 may be ushedf and'held'forwardly when desired. E'ixed to the top late 11' is-a lug 20 towhich a-1ink 2,1 isattac ed, fOI' PUIPOSfGS of raising and lowering therear hereinafter a pear;

tongue section, as

The whee supsportpeoinprises axle22 .23 on its end and having a therewithe center of the axle is a round upright 27 and'fixed to he center ofthe frame 24 is a flat up t 20 directl in front of the upright 27. eupper en of the ugrights and 28' are connected by an arche cross iece29;The upright 27 is assed througQthe'open" int lates 11.

g. a Y -.11onnted near the top-oft e up! 't 27 1s a fulcrumed to the arm31 and provided with a projecting" frame 24' connected- 60113: havingmounted thereon and projected rearwardly and alsohavmga sector 32 fixedto said arm. -'A lever 33 is '95 s f actuated awl 34. to on go thesectorv hold'the leverg-at-difiegilnt ointsof.

elevation.-

lower forward of said 'leveris-pivoted to the 21, By mean -of; thislever the rear tongu'e section-maybe readily raised or lowered relativeto. the up "27a'n'd maybe held at right by the pawl;

Arranged between the plates is a tongue connectin' piece 35having'avertl'cal openm through w oh the upright '27 lspa'ssed an anypqinllrq elevation also having a notch 36 at'its rear central por-jtion' to receive the leverv 13 when said lever is at its forward limit.mall holds said lever in position out of said notc Near the forwarclendof the connect- The spring, 17 nor-- ing piece is an angular o eninthrough whic the upright 28 is passe ounted on the forward end of theconnecting piece 35 is a clevis 36' having two vertical openings to 5receive pins and also havingan upper pocket to receive the forwardtongue section 37 and a lower pocket to receive a Whittle-tree. Theforward tongue section and the whifile-tree are apivotally connected tothe clevis 36 by me s of the 38. If it is desired to rigidly support t eforward tongue section in the claws a in is passed throu h the rearopening and t rough the rear of t e forward tongue section. 15 Inpractical use andassum ingthe parts to be arran ed, as shown in Fig. 2and assuming.

' further t at said tongue section'is rigidly secured to the clevis.Then all of the weight ,upon the forward end of-the tongue will'beaccurately held at the proper eleva 'tion. If the draft-animals movefrom side to side, the upright'28 will be turned in the same directionas the forward tongue section and the wheel support will be steered inthe proper 11path. If under varying conditions of the so' ,'the operatorshould esire to back the im lement, he simdpl presses forwardly on thecot lever 16 an -t In this way, all of theadvantages of'a r gld' to e orimplements of this kind is secured an at the same time, the weight istaken off of the draft animals and the operator may vertically adjustthe tongue quickly and easily. If the in is removed from the rearopening in the c evis 36, the forward tongue section is pivotallyconnected with tlreclevis and in this way all of the advantages of atongueless implement of this kind may be se-- cured;

One the important features of our inventi xi is that the' device is.complete in itself, and ma be quickly and easily attached to or detachfrom any implement having a forward tongue section, and the means orsupporting a forward tongue section in drfferent positions of adjustmentis carried wholly by our improved device, and therefore this device isnot .to be confused with the forward truck of a four wheeled implementin which means are provided for raising and lowering the body of the imlement relative to the forward truck, whic 'means are carried .on

the implement itself, and form no part. of

the truck.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States, therefor is-' 1. An attachmentfor supporting vehicle tongues, com rising a ion e rece1ving devicedesigne to be detac ably connected with the orward end of 'a vehicletongue, a wheeled-support, a rear uprigiit and a front 65, uprightconnected with the w eeled support,

upright; said attachment being-sift? connection with the tongue of-a vhi l e, and

will be; carried by the wheel supportand. the tongue sup the tonguesection an us rigidly holds the front andv rear sections of the tonguein line.

having t efo I the up connecting the uprights movable with device slilngly mounted thereon, a lever supported on ,the rear upright, meansconnectedto the l'ever and to the tongue receiving device whereby thelatter may be adjust-' ed vertically upon therear upr1ght, a con saidrear u(pright having the tongue receiving nectinLg (piece having both ofsaid uprights 'exten e through it and slidingly connected with it, saidconnecting piece being pivotally connectedwith the tongue receivingdevice and a tongue attached to theforpvard end 0 v the connecting piecein front of the forgaird e or said leverbeing so arran edas to jointlyad-' just thevehicletongpa-t e connectin' piece, and the tongue of t eattachment, w ereby.

the vehicle tongue, the connecting piece, and

the ton 'e of the attachment rece ve all of the dra t to'thereby relievesaid uprights of 5 any of, the strain incident to bearing the drafts--2. Thecombination of a tongue section, portin wheels, anupr' htthereon pivotally and s idingtlly connecte with the tongue, a' second.upri tin front of the first, a con: nec'ting piece aving pivotalconnection with slidingly mounted on both uprights means for connecting'dr'aft animals with the forward end' f the connecto5 ing piece, meansfor scour the tongue. section in different positions 0 adiustment on'the uprights and means for locking .the connecting piece and tonguesection in position in line witheach other. 10o I 3. The combination ofa rear to e section, a support comprisingan axle, w eels on the axle anupriglhtfixed to the axle and rwar' end of the to e ivotallyand'slidingly connected with 1t, a ame 05 extended forwardly from theaxle, an angu-- lar upright thereon, means for connectm er ends of the,uprights, a lever to crume to the rearupright, a link connect ing thelever with the tongue section, a piece 0 one and slidab y connected withboth, ends. forward tongue section attached to the fron of the connectinpiece.

4. t The com matron of a ton ue section, a

wheeled support for the forwar end thereof, a connecting piece slidinglyconnected to the wheeled support and pivotedto the tongue section, meansfor connecting draft animals to its forwa d endand means for locking theconnecting piec to the tongue section 5.- The combination of a tonguesection, a wheeled support for the forwar endthereof, a connecting pieceslidingly connected to the 'whe'eled support and pivoted to the tonguesection, means for connecting draft animals to its forward end, saidconnecting iece formed with a notch at its rear end, a. ever pivoted tothe tongue section and capable of moving into the notch to lock saidparts together, 'a spring for, normallfy '0 holdin the spring out o thenotch and a ot trea e for forcm the lever into the notch.

6'. he combination of a rear tonguesection, a Wheeled support-comprisingan axle, wheels thereon, a forwardl projecting frame, an'uprighton theaxle'and an upright on the frarnein front of the axle, aconnecting-piece pivotall connected with the rear tongue section'anformed with a notch, said connectin'g piece and rear tongue section bothslid- .jngly mountedjon' the rear upright, a' lever pivoted to the reartongue section-and capa-ble of entering the notch to'lockthe arts aainst rotation, a spring for normally old- =-the" lever away from thenotch, a foot ftreadle for forcing the lever into-the notch, an 'armmountedon the reanupright, a lever fulcrurnedithereto, a link connectingthe le- .-o.-ver with the rear tongue section, means. for

adjustably 'securin the lever in different positlonsa clevis at t eforward end of the connecting'. piece and a forward tongue sectionconnected with the clevis'.

A tongueqsupportingattachment, corna rear upright, a forward uprightWheeled support for said uprights, a device slidingly mounted upon andreaching rearwardly from the rear upright and adapted to be drawn, atongue-connector device, onthe rear upright and movable freely up and;down with respect to the forward upprevent latera the same and connected'solelyby said engagement with the'forward upright and constitutin'gthesole connection between :the rear and forward uprights, on the one hand,and

ably fixin the connecting piece at various points in t e height ofthe-uprights. Des Moines, Iowa, Ma'v'19, 1906. LUTHER A. BUCKLEY.

EVERITTE W. STEVENSON. Witnesses: 0. L. HENNEY,

F. BUTLER.

- the tongue-connector, on the other, and; meanscarried by theattachment for adjust fixed with respect to the rear uprighhfa 30, beattached to the tongue of an apparatus to lsposed front of the forwardupright, a connecting piece slidable, with the rearwardly-reaching rightand enga dby said forward upright to movement independent of

